Program description:
Wells not currently in use create opportunities to contaminate aquifers and thus drinking water. Such a threat exists whether such wells were dug or otherwise properly constructed, and especially if of an unusually large diameter. Unused wells represent both a physical hazard to small children and animals and have the potential to contaminate the homeowner’s current well and possibly neighboring wells. Fortunately, there is a remedy to address these circumstances: proper well abandonment or decommissioning. You will learn how to negate these various conditions by implementing accepted practice to protect groundwater resources one well at a time.

State-specific CEU recognition:

• Georgia Water Well Standards Advisory Council — 1 hour
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources — 1 hour
• Iowa Department of Natural Resources — 1 CEU for well driller and pump installer
• Louisiana Department of Natural Resources — 1 credit hour
• Maryland State Board of Well Drillers — 1 credit hour
• Minnesota Department of Health — 1 contact hour
• Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality — 1 hour
• Nevada Division of Water Resources — 1 CEU
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — 1 CEP (in effect through 03-31-2023)
• Oklahoma Water Resources Board — 1 CEU
• South Carolina Environmental Certification Board — 1 hour
• South Dakota Water Rights Program — 1 CEC
• Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation — 1 hour
• Washington Department of Ecology — 1 CEU
• Wyoming State Engineer’s Office — 1 CPC